welcome to the edge of the web!

The Edge of the Web conference and the WA Web Awards, like all events of this type, would not be possible without the support of some really smart and forward thinking sponsors. We’re very lucky to have such an awesome bunch of people who believe in our vision of a world-class web conference in Western Australia.

SitePoint, one of our supporting sponsors, has just announced that they are giving away a free ticket to the conference. For more details, head on over to their site. Many of our other sponsors have special plans for the conference too.

Our very generous platinum sponsor is Fasthit. These guys have been providing free hosting for all AWIA web sites for a number of years, and have been sponsor of many of our events. During the conference, Fasthit will be running a competition that involves testing your skill with some old-school arcade games. We think it’s going to be blast to find out who is a “fast hit”.

In the gold sponsor section, we have Edith Cowan University, who support all things multimedia and web in WA, as well as new Perth host OzPacific, web developers WebFirm, who will be taking photos and populating the conference’s official Flickr stream throughout the day, and the ever-generous Microsoft.

Central TAFE are our education sponsor, and Fairfax Digital’s WA Today is sponsoring the conference satchels. Stamford Interactive are sponsoring the conference lanyards, helping you to identify who’s who, PerthNow is the official media sponsor of EOTW and the WA Web Awards, and the all-important conference wrap-up drinks, running from 5.40pm to 7.00pm, will be courtesy of WAIA (Western Australian Internet Association).

In the supporting sponsor category, Bird Studios have done an excellent job of all of the conference and WAWAs print design work. We also have the support of recruiters Aquent and Execom – so you know who to talk to if you’re looking for a new job or some new staff, and Campaign Monitor, purveyors of fine designer-friendly HTML newsletters. SitePoint, in addition to their free ticket giveaway, will be supplying books for prizes.

Finally, a sponsor that will especially appeal to many web designers and developers: Five Senses, “The Coffee Edge Sponsor”, will be ensuring that EOTW attendees are well-caffeinated with real coffee, made by professional baristas – an important and all-too-often overlooked part of the conference experience!